Rob Wilson, Development Manager, Ektron, examines the new features and benefits of Ektron 9 from a developer's perspective.

1. Rob Wilson
Development Manager, Ektron
robert.wilson@ektron.co.uk
Ektron Version 9
For Developers

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Installation (1)
• Whats new
• Solr
• Windows 8
• Visual Studio 2012
• Passwords

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Installation (2)

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Installation (3)

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Installation (4)

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Intsallation (5)

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PageBuilder
• New editing interface
• Finger-friendly
• HTML 5 browsers only
• Browsers not supported
• IE8 and below
• Chrome 3 and below
• FireFox 3 and below

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Why HTML5?
• Modern & Powerful
• Clean & Simple
• Mobile friendly

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PageBuilder Demo

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PageBuilder Back-end
• Existing widgets and wireframes work

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PageBuilder & Bootstrap (1)
• Client-side framework used in
PageBuilder
• Responsive

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PageBuilder & Bootstrap (2)

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PageBuilder & Bootstrap (3)

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Mobile
• Responsive
• More devices
• Client-side development

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Mobile & jQuery
• More reliance on jQuery
• jsLint / jsHint
• jQuery test page

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Mobile Breakpoints
• Target content to a device

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Adaptive Image Resizing

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Adaptive Image Resizing

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New Controls
• EditorsMenu control
• AdaptiveMultiView control

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EditorsMenu

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AdaptiveMultiView
<ektronUI:AdaptiveMultiView runat="server"
ID="MyMobileControl">
<ektronUI:AdaptiveView ID="AdaptiveView1"
runat="server" GroupId="7"
GroupType="Breakpoint">
I'm a SmartPhone!
</ektronUI:AdaptiveView>
<ektronUI:AdaptiveView ID="AdaptiveView2"
runat="server" GroupId="3"
GroupType="DeviceGroup">
I'm a CoolPhone!
</ektronUI:AdaptiveView>
</ektronUI:AdaptiveMultiView>

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Deprecated Controls (1)
AccessPoint EditorsMenu Template
Control
ContentBlock
ListSummary
ContentList
MetadataList
ContentView Template
Control or
Framework API
LangauageAPI Framework API

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Deprecated Controls (2)
IndexSearch
WebSearch
ProductSearch
CommunitySearch
SiteSearch Template
Control or Framework API

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Deprecated Controls (3)
FlexMenu
Menu
MenuView Template
Control or Framework API
BusinessRules (did anyone use it?)
ImageControl Standard .Net controls
UserProfile Framework API
PhotoGallery Framework API

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Deprecated
• Plugin Architecture
• Replaced with Extension Framework

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Developer How-To’s

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Content Properties
• Metadata?
• Smartform fields?
• Which is most appropriate?

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Controls or API?
• Server controls?
• Templated controls?
• API?
• Which API???

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Workarea Search
• Basic or Advanced?

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Ektron Content Types
• Bill Cava webinar
• De-serialize Smartform XML into objects
• XSD.exe

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Content Types
var productManager = new
ContentTypeManager<Product>();
var myProduct = new ContentType<Product>();
myProduct = productManager.GetItem(productId,
true);
string title = myProduct.SmartForm.Title;

33. Rob Wilson
Development Manager, Ektron
robert.wilson@ektron.co.uk
Questions